Archive: 20/06/2012
Mind games: Mental exercises are key to better brain function
Go ahead - do it: Grab a pencil. Right now. Write your name backward. And upside down. Awkward, right?
Jun 20, 2012
Future reproductive outcomes for women who have had an ectopic pregnancy
Women who experience an initial ectopic pregnancywhen the embryo implants outside the womb, usually in the fallopian tubesare less likely to conceive in the future and if they do, are at increased risk of having ...
Jun 20, 2012
Researchers, with stem cells, advance understanding of spinal muscular atrophy
Cedars-Sinai's Regenerative Medicine Institute has pioneered research on how motor-neuron cell-death occurs in patients with spinal muscular atrophy, offering an important clue in identifying potential medicines to treat ...
Jun 20, 2012
I want to know where love is: Research develops first brain map of love and desire
Thanks to modern science, we know that love lives in the brain, not in the heart. But where in the brain is it and is it in the same place as sexual desire? A recent international study is the first to draw an exact ...
Jun 20, 2012
Study finds that assessments and incentives for medical faculty productivity improve research
(Medical Xpress) -- Strategies introduced to assess -- and reward -- the productivity of faculty at academic medical centers in the U.S. do improve faculty research productivity, according to a systematic review recently ...
Jun 20, 2012
Many mysteries unsolved in binge-eating disorder
Although cognitive-behavioral therapy and interpersonal therapy, as well as the anticonvulsant topiramate, can help patients who binge eat, a magic bullet for the disorder remains elusive.
Jun 20, 2012